Yochay Tzur

Technical Lead for 3D Vision and Augmented Reality

IBM Haifa Research Lab

Bio:

Yochay Tzur leads the 3D vision and augmented reality research at IBM Research - Haifa. He joined IBM in 2013, with over 10 years of hands-on experience in companies such as Rafael and CSR-Zoran. At IBM, Yochay has been leading the development of AR projects, from prototype stage to realization at the customer's site. In his current role, he is responsible for the development of the complete AR offering of the lab. Yochay received his B.Sc. and M.Sc degrees in computer science from the Technion and is the author of several patents.

Title:Augmented Reality for the Enterprise: Anchored, Marker-free and Connected

Abstract:

While augmented reality (AR) has been steadily gaining popularity in recent years, the majority of AR solutions are either mixed reality (MR), where graphics are not attached to specific elements in the scene, or marker-based AR, where graphics are anchored to a planar object visible in the scene. These solutions are often suitable for limited scenarios, but typical use-cases in the industrial domain require precisely anchored, marker-free AR. Our work in the Cognitive Vision and Augmented Reality group at IBM Research in Haifa focuses on research in AR for technical training, field maintenance, IoT, and other use-cases. In this talk I will present the group's AR platform and review some of the real-world installations in the industrial domain.